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GOPALA

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Indian, Hindu Mythology

Other Scripts: गोपाल (Sanskrit)

Means "cow protector" from Sanskrit गो (go) "cow" and पाल (pala) "protector". This is another name of the Hindu god Krishna. This name was also borne by the 8th-century founder of the Pala Empire in Bengal.
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